Actor Noel Johansen is mourning the lack of his spouse, Jenifer Darbellay, who was amongst these killed in final weekend’s lethal automobile ramming assault in Vancouver, Canada.
Darbellay, 50, was an artist and costume designer who labored on a wide range of Canadian tv and theater productions. She and her husband had been attending Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Day pageant, celebrating Filipino tradition with their 15-year-old son, Ford, and 7-year-old daughter, Darby, final Saturday, when a black Audi SUV tore by the group, killing at the very least 11 individuals and injuring dozens extra.
Johansen and Darby had been each injured within the assault. The actor appeared on crutches Monday as he delivered an emotional tribute to his late spouse at a Vancouver vigil honoring the victims.
“What you see here is an injury that means nothing to me because what’s inside my heart is broken,” he advised the group, as seen in CBC’s footage of the vigil. “She never celebrated herself in her life. She never thought of herself; she thought of herself as small in terms of the reach.”
“And I can tell you she was larger than life for any of you who know her,” he continued. “So don’t be small in life, be big, reach out and reach out as a human being with everything you have, and please remember us who went through this.”
Johansen’s good friend Michael Daingerfield Corridor echoed these sentiments, describing Darbellay as “an incredibly thoughtful, warm, caring, smart, stylish, artistic woman” on a GoFundMe web page in assist of her grieving household.
A Montreal native, Johansen now splits his time between Vancouver and Los Angeles. He’s greatest identified to viewers for his performances in “Harvest Love” and “Home for Christmas Day,” amongst different Hallmark Channel movies. He had a starring position within the ABC collection “Somewhere Between” and has additionally appeared on “Fargo” and “The Good Doctor.”
Suspect Kai-Ji Adam Lo was arrested Saturday after being apprehended on the scene of the assault and charged with eight counts of second-degree homicide, with further fees attainable.
Interim Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai advised Canada’s Nationwide Publish that Lo had a “significant history of interactions with police and health-care professionals related to mental health,” and that the assault was not being handled as terrorism.
Watch Johansen’s remarks on his late spouse under.
